Saturday, April 24
Denton
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MGSB Sweep Saturday Doubleheader with USM
4/24/2021 6:05:00 PM | Softball
DENTON – Hope Trautwein and GiGi Wall both threw complete games and Tayla Evans provided late inning heroics as North Texas swept Saturday's doubleheader with Southern Miss. The Mean Green took game one 3-0 behind a complete-game shutout from Trautwein and won game two 3-2 on a walk-off single from Evans.
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North Texas (27-10, 8-2 C-USA) and Southern Miss (20-23, 2-8 C-USA) will finish out the weekend series with a doubleheader on Sunday. First pitch of game three of the series is set for noon with game four coming 30 minutes after completion of the first game of the double-dipping. The Mean Green will honor the 2020 Senior Class in between the two games in recognition of their Senior Day that was canceled a year ago due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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"Hope and GiGi both threw the ball really well today and gave us a chance to win both games," head coach Rodney DeLong said. "It was good to see us play good defense behind both of them, we played really solid today and did what we needed to do late in game two. I'm proud of how our kids reacted to all the adversity there at the end to get it done."
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Game One – UNT 3, USM 0
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North Texas got a dominate performance from their ace to win the series opener on Saturday. Trautwein went the distance for her 46th career complete game, allowing just two hits, two walks and striking out nine. Southern Miss was only able to get one runner to second base during the entire game.
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All of the Mean Green offense came off of freshman bats in the win. After a walk to Kalei Christensen to lead off the second inning, Kailey Gamble singled to left before the Mean Green executed a perfect double-steal attempt to have two runners in scoring position with nobody away. Rayna Lewis would cash in with an RBI single to plate both runners and make it 2-0.
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Gamble would give North Texas an insurance run in the sixth with a double to right-center that scored Christensen all the way from first after she reached on a one-out single. The Golden Eagles would threaten in the seventh with their first two batter reaching on a single and walk, the first hit for their squad since the fourth inning. Trautwein would win a 13-pitch at-bat by inducing a ground ball double play that went Evans to Gamble across the diamond before a strikeout looking would end the game and lock up the ninth home win of the season and give Trautwein her 57th career victory in the circle.
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Game Two – UNT 3, USM 2
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Another impressive start from Wall came in game two as she threw her 14th complete game of the year, allowing just two runs on seven hits, issuing zero walks and striking out seven. North Texas would take the lead in the third inning on a Maia Wark RBI single that scored Mikayla Smith who had walked to lead off the inning before Candain Callahan moved her to second with a single.
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Southern Miss would respond in the sixth with a pair of runs with one out to take their first lead of the game. Wall would limit the damage to just two after the Golden Eagles had threatened for more with runners in scoring position and would keep the deficit to just one with a clean seventh inning.
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After a Miranda Holguin pinch-hit single with one out, Callahan would lay down a perfect bunt that resulted in an infield single after some Southern Miss miscues. Wark would tie the game with her second RBI single of the day scoring Holguin with two outs and advancing Katy Truitt who pinch-ran for Callahan to third. Evans would then loop an 0-1 pitch into left field to plate Truitt and complete the comeback to sweep the doubleheader.
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North Texas (27-10, 8-2 C-USA) and Southern Miss (20-23, 2-8 C-USA) will finish out the weekend series with a doubleheader on Sunday. First pitch of game three of the series is set for noon with game four coming 30 minutes after completion of the first game of the double-dipping. The Mean Green will honor the 2020 Senior Class in between the two games in recognition of their Senior Day that was canceled a year ago due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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"Hope and GiGi both threw the ball really well today and gave us a chance to win both games," head coach Rodney DeLong said. "It was good to see us play good defense behind both of them, we played really solid today and did what we needed to do late in game two. I'm proud of how our kids reacted to all the adversity there at the end to get it done."
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Game One – UNT 3, USM 0
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North Texas got a dominate performance from their ace to win the series opener on Saturday. Trautwein went the distance for her 46th career complete game, allowing just two hits, two walks and striking out nine. Southern Miss was only able to get one runner to second base during the entire game.
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All of the Mean Green offense came off of freshman bats in the win. After a walk to Kalei Christensen to lead off the second inning, Kailey Gamble singled to left before the Mean Green executed a perfect double-steal attempt to have two runners in scoring position with nobody away. Rayna Lewis would cash in with an RBI single to plate both runners and make it 2-0.
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Gamble would give North Texas an insurance run in the sixth with a double to right-center that scored Christensen all the way from first after she reached on a one-out single. The Golden Eagles would threaten in the seventh with their first two batter reaching on a single and walk, the first hit for their squad since the fourth inning. Trautwein would win a 13-pitch at-bat by inducing a ground ball double play that went Evans to Gamble across the diamond before a strikeout looking would end the game and lock up the ninth home win of the season and give Trautwein her 57th career victory in the circle.
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Game Two – UNT 3, USM 2
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Another impressive start from Wall came in game two as she threw her 14th complete game of the year, allowing just two runs on seven hits, issuing zero walks and striking out seven. North Texas would take the lead in the third inning on a Maia Wark RBI single that scored Mikayla Smith who had walked to lead off the inning before Candain Callahan moved her to second with a single.
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Southern Miss would respond in the sixth with a pair of runs with one out to take their first lead of the game. Wall would limit the damage to just two after the Golden Eagles had threatened for more with runners in scoring position and would keep the deficit to just one with a clean seventh inning.
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After a Miranda Holguin pinch-hit single with one out, Callahan would lay down a perfect bunt that resulted in an infield single after some Southern Miss miscues. Wark would tie the game with her second RBI single of the day scoring Holguin with two outs and advancing Katy Truitt who pinch-ran for Callahan to third. Evans would then loop an 0-1 pitch into left field to plate Truitt and complete the comeback to sweep the doubleheader.
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Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Trautwein, Hope (9-3)
L: Ladner, Kaylan (9-6)
Base Running:
SB: Brown, Destini 1
Batting:
2B: Gamble, Kailey 1
RBI: Gamble, Kailey 1 ; Lewis, Rayna 2
SH: Walker, Ashlyn 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Christensen, Kalei 2 ; Gamble, Kailey 1
SB: Christensen, Kalei 1 ; Gamble, Kailey 1 ; Holguin, Miranda 1 ; Smith, Mikayla 1
CS: DerMargosian, Tuesday 1
Game Leaders
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RBI
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3
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H
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RBI
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lf/rf
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R
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H
1
RBI
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AB
3
R
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H
1
RBI
2
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